We have some refreshing news! Of the "press F5 to refresh." variety.

After two of our hotels sold out for the weekend, we've added Ebb Tide Oceanfront Inn with room rates between $120/n to $140/n before taxes. If you do not see Ebb Tide listed, refresh the page. ^_^

getoutthefloat.com/hotel

Hello Fellow Pooltoys!
We have reports of Scam E-mails being sent today appearing to be on behalf of the Saltline Hotel with urgent instructions to confirm your reservation. These E-mail contain enough personal and specific information about your reservation to be potentially convincing.

Staff at Saltline Hotel have confirmed they are aware of the Scam E-mails and have advised reservation holders not to click or act on those scam E-mails. The actual number for the Saltline is 971-601-1082 if you wish to call and double check your reservation.

Update! River Inn has suffered the same sort of breach as Saltline Hotel last week with "urgent instructions to confirm your reservation." Call River Inn directly at 503-717-5744 if you need to make any changes to your reservation but otherwise report the suspicious emails as phishing or spam as you see fit.

Squeak! The GOTF 2026 Toy Submission Form is open! This is where the owners of toys let us know what you're bringing to the convention center and/or the pool. While most pooltoys are not luminescent, if they fit this year's theme of Biolumin-essence especially well, please let us know in the additional information section. Clicky the link to go to the form. https://forms.gle/GXSzDVRTzcZMXLAN7

The form is also updated to squeak about use in/at the pool as well as what tag color you want on your toy. ^^ #ad

With 82 votes, we have names selected for our laser tag teams!

Firefly
FoxFire
Nudibranch
Black Dragonfish
Prawn
Viperfish

All the critters listed above have some form of bioluminescence or "biolumin-essence" as we like to spell it. ^_^

https://getoutthefloat.com/panel-application Squeak! Are you a panelist? Are you a vinyl panelist?
Panel applications are open for GOTF 2026! Please clicky the link for our website where you will find a link to the form.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with! ^_^

https://getoutthefloat.com/schedule
Squeak! Our preliminary schedule is posted! This mainly covers things like main events and gives you an idea of what is happening when. Future version of the schedule will include things like Hospitality Suite hours, for those able to access it as well as panels and individualized entries for each DJ's set during the dances. ^_^

We forgot what else we were going to say, but we cannot risk losing our airhead cred. ^_^

You may need to clicky the link again and/or refresh.

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We just learned that there are rooms available at Inn at Seaside, across the street from the convention center. They are a bit more expensive than our room block at Ebb Tide, but much closer. ^_^

Inn at Seaside is still marked as "Sold Out" on our website. With fewer than two dozen rooms available, we might not update the website at this time.

The laser tag signup forms for GOTF 2026 are created!
The waitlist has more than five spots, but only the top five spots are shown. ^_^
https://getoutthefloat.com/2026-laser-tag

May we present to you the 2026 GOTF Vendors List!
It would be a vendor map but we have to keep Finneus away from the water colors.
FINNEUS, TAKE THAT OUT OF YOUR MOUF. NOW!
https://getoutthefloat.com/vendor-information